By: Adam Luecking October 26th, 2022 Performance and impact management may seem confusing and overwhelming, but it becomes less intimidating when done effectively. Effective performance and impact management involve planning out two kinds of measures (program performance measures vs. community indicators) and then utilizing a standard and repeatable system to improve [...]
Save 20% on Trying Hard is Not Good Enough, by Mark Friedman $20 USD $16 USD (ends October 31st, 2022) Get it on Amazon This is the 10th Anniversary Edition of Mark Friedman's acclaimed book about Results-Based Accountability (RBA) also known in parts of the UK as Outcomes-Based Accountability (OBA). Over 75,000 copies have been sold and used around the world. [...]
August 29th, 2022 By: Adam Luecking Maintaining a healthy weight has been a challenge for most of my adult life. My scale was the "elephant in the bathroom." Eventually, I realized data avoidance was making things worse, so I committed to paying attention to my weight and accepting it for what it was. This simple [...]
Date: June 1st, 2022 Social Sector Hero - How Government and Philanthropy Can Fund for Impact, by Clear Impact CEO Adam Luecking, is hitting virtual bookshelves this July! In Social Sector Hero, Luecking introduces eight core strategies to help government agencies, philanthropic organizations, and grantees create world-class performance reporting systems in significantly less time. The [...]
Veterans of Results-Based Accountability are probably aware that public health is one of the sectors that uses the RBA framework the most. The connection between the framework and this industry has a long history of success. Many of our case studies come from public health departments. Our overview of Clear Impact for Public Health Departments provides a snapshot [...]
Published: May 5th, 2022 Results-Based Accountability™ (“RBA”) is a decision-making framework that helps government agencies, non-profits, communities, and foundations improve the lives of children, families, and communities worldwide by delivering long-term, measurable impact. It also helps organizations and agencies improve the performance of their programs and services. To help groups implement RBA effectively, we've [...]
We are pleased to announce that the Results-Based Accountability™(RBA) framework has reached an exciting new milestone. Sales of the framework’s seminal text, Trying Hard is Not Good Enough, by Mark Friedman (the creator of RBA), have reached 75,000 worldwide! To us, this milestone proves that RBA is not just a fad. It is, in fact, [...]
Clear Impact Scorecard is not only a powerful accountability tool -- it is the only software in the world designed to support the Results-Based Accountability (RBA) implementation process from start to finish. This is something we're very proud of, as RBA is a powerful methodology that is helping communities around the world create measurable improvements. [...]
Want to make a difference? DON’T keep changing what you track! It doesn’t matter if you’re giving grants or receiving them, one sure-fire way to hinder your ability to make an impact with the work you do is by changing the measures you include in your reports. You might be saying, “Well our work is [...]
Results-Based Accountability (RBA) is a powerful decision-making framework that helps organizations make necessary changes to achieve their short and long-term goals. At Clear Impact, we believe that the RBA framework can give people the tools they need for success at whatever they do. If you are unfamiliar with RBA and its specific steps, consider [...]
